Aphasia intervention has made increasing use of technology in recent years. The evidence
base, which is largely limited to the investigation of spoken language outcomes, indicates …

This article presents a detailed study of the scientific literature related to aphasia in the last
10 years. The aim of the article is to present popular and current topics related to …

This study explores health and medical care representation of immigrant and native Italian
chronic patients. 60 semi-structured interviews were conducted comprising Italian (Mage …

Aphasia is an impairment of language and communication caused by acquired brain
damage such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. The aim of rehabilitation in aphasia is to …

Introduction: Gestural communication intervention programs have been cited within the
literature as a means to compensate for the deficits of aphasia. The purpose of this study …

Background: People with aphasia rely on gesture more than healthy controls to get their
message across, but use a limited range of gesture types. Gesture therapy is thus a potential …

Pantomime and gesticulation, two different gesture modes, can each be comprehensible
without speech. Little is known still on how either one of these gesture modes may add to the …

We examined changes in connected speech in individuals with aphasia following errorless
naming treatment and gestural facilitation of naming administered in a single-participant …

Aphasia, a language disorder resulting from neurological injury, is nearly always
characterized by difficulties with word retrieval. Thus, aphasia interventions often target …

Pantomime, gesture in absence of speech, has no conventional meaning. Nevertheless,
individuals seem to be able to produce pantomimes and derive meaning from pantomimes …